diff --git a/lib/ace/keyboard/textinput.js b/lib/ace/keyboard/textinput.js
index 44632ef3..dfad806b 100644
--- a/lib/ace/keyboard/textinput.js
+++ b/lib/ace/keyboard/textinput.js
@@ -53,70 +53,103 @@ var TextInput = function(parentNode, host) {
     text.style.top = "-2em";
     parentNode.insertBefore(text, parentNode.firstChild);
 
-    var PLACEHOLDER = useragent.isIE ? "\x01" : "\x00";
-    reset(true);
+    var PLACEHOLDER = useragent.isIE || useragent.isOpera ? "\x01\x01" : "\x00\x00";
+
+    resetValue();
+
     if (isFocused())
         host.onFocus();
 
-    var inCompostion = false;
+    // Somehow fixes problem with firing onpropertychange on first typed char
+    if (useragent.isOldIE) {
+        resetSelection();
+        resetValue();
+        setTimeout(resetSelection);
+    }
+
+    var cut = false
     var copied = false;
     var pasted = false;
+
+    var inCompostion = false;
+
+    var resetTimeout = null;
+
     var tempStyle = '';
 
-    function reset(full) {
-        try {
-            if (full) {
+    function resetValue() {
+        text.value = PLACEHOLDER;
+        //http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=76516
+        if (useragent.isWebKit && !resetTimeout)
+            resetTimeout = setTimeout(function(){
                 text.value = PLACEHOLDER;
-                text.selectionStart = 0;
-                text.selectionEnd = 1;
-            } else 
-                text.select();
-        } catch (e) {}
-    }
-
-    function sendText(valueToSend) {
-        if (!copied) {
-            var value = valueToSend || text.value;
-            if (value) {
-                if (value.length > 1) {
-                    if (value.charAt(0) == PLACEHOLDER)
-                        value = value.substr(1);
-                    else if (value.charAt(value.length - 1) == PLACEHOLDER)
-                        value = value.slice(0, -1);
-                }
-
-                if (value && value != PLACEHOLDER) {
-                    if (pasted)
-                        host.onPaste(value);
-                    else
-                        host.onTextInput(value);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        copied = false;
-        pasted = false;
-
-        // Safari doesn't fire copy events if no text is selected
-        reset(true);
-    }
-
-    var onTextInput = function(e) {
-        if (!inCompostion)
-            sendText(e.data);
-        setTimeout(function () {
-            if (!inCompostion)
-                reset(true);
-        }, 0);
+                resetSelection();
+                resetTimeout = null;
+            });
     };
 
-    var onPropertyChange = function(e) {
-        setTimeout(function() {
-            if (!inCompostion)
-                if(text.value != "") {
-                    sendText();
-                }
-        }, 0);
+    function resetSelection(isEmpty) {
+        var selectionStart = isEmpty ? 2 : 1;
+        var selectionEnd = 2;
+        // on firefox this throws if textarea is hidden
+        try {
+            if (text.setSelectionRange) {
+                text.setSelectionRange(selectionStart, selectionEnd);
+            }
+            // IE8 does not support setSelectionRange
+            else if (text.createTextRange) {
+                var range = text.createTextRange();
+                range.collapse(true);
+                range.moveEnd('character', selectionEnd);
+                range.moveStart('character', selectionStart);
+                range.select();
+            }
+        } catch(e){}
+    };
+
+    var onSelect = function(e) {
+        if (cut) {
+            cut = false;
+            return;
+        }
+        if (copied) {
+            copied = false;
+            return;
+        }
+        if (text.selectionStart === 0 && text.selectionEnd === text.value.length) {
+            host.selectAll();
+            resetSelection();
+        }
+    };
+
+    var onInput = function(e) {
+        if (inCompostion)
+            return;
+
+        if (pasted) {
+            var data = text.value;
+            resetValue();
+            if (data)
+                host.onPaste(data);
+            pasted = false;
+            return;
+        }
+
+        var data = text.value;
+        if (data.substring(0, 2) == PLACEHOLDER)
+            data = data.substr(2);
+        else
+            data = data.substr(1);
+
+        resetValue();
+        if (data) {
+            // can happen if undo in textarea isn't stopped
+            if (data[data.length - 1] == PLACEHOLDER[0])
+                data = data.slice(0, -1);
+        if (data)
+            host.onTextInput(data);
+        } else
+            host.onDelete();
     };
 
     var onCompositionStart = function(e) {
@@ -135,37 +168,121 @@ var TextInput = function(parentNode, host) {
         host.onCompositionEnd();
     };
 
-    var onCopy = function(e) {
-        copied = true;
-        var copyText = host.getCopyText();
-        if(copyText)
-            text.value = copyText;
-        else
-            e.preventDefault();
-        reset();
-        setTimeout(function () {
-            sendText();
-        }, 0);
+    var onCut = function(e) {
+        var data = host.getCopyText();
+        if (!data) {
+            event.preventDefault(e);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        var clipboardData = e.clipboardData || window.clipboardData;
+
+        if (clipboardData) {
+            // Safari 5 has clipboardData object, but does not handle setData()
+            var supported = clipboardData.setData("Text", data);
+            if (supported) {
+                host.onCut();
+                event.preventDefault(e);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (!supported) {
+            cut = true;
+            text.value = data;
+            text.select();
+            setTimeout(function(){
+                cut = false;
+                resetValue();
+                resetSelection();
+                host.onCut();
+            });
+        }
     };
 
-    var onCut = function(e) {
-        copied = true;
-        var copyText = host.getCopyText();
-        if(copyText) {
-            text.value = copyText;
-            host.onCut();
-        } else
-            e.preventDefault();
-        reset();
-        setTimeout(function () {
-            sendText();
-        }, 0);
+    var onCopy = function(e) {
+        var data = host.getCopyText();
+        if (!data) {
+            event.preventDefault(e);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        var clipboardData = e.clipboardData || window.clipboardData;
+
+        if (clipboardData) {
+            // Safari 5 has clipboardData object, but does not handle setData()
+            var supported = clipboardData.setData("Text", data);
+            if (supported) {
+                host.onCopy();
+                event.preventDefault(e);
+            }
+        }
+        if (!supported) {
+            copied = true;
+            text.value = data;
+            text.select();
+            setTimeout(function(){
+                copied = false;
+                resetValue();
+                resetSelection();
+                host.onCopy();
+            });
+        }
+
+        
+    };
+
+    var onPaste = function(e) {
+        var clipboardData = e.clipboardData || window.clipboardData;
+
+        if (clipboardData) {
+            var data = clipboardData.getData("Text");
+            if (data)
+                host.onPaste(data);
+            event.preventDefault(e);
+        }
+        else {
+            text.value = "";
+            pasted = true;
+        }
     };
 
     event.addCommandKeyListener(text, host.onCommandKey.bind(host));
-    event.addListener(text, "input", onTextInput);
-    
+
+    event.addListener(text, "select", onSelect);
+
+    event.addListener(text, "input", onInput);
+
+    event.addListener(text, "cut", onCut);
+    event.addListener(text, "copy", onCopy);
+    event.addListener(text, "paste", onPaste);
+
+
+    // Opera has no clipboard events
+    if (!('oncut' in text) || !('oncopy' in text) || !('onpaste' in text)){
+        event.addListener(parentNode, "keydown", function(e) {
+            if ((useragent.isMac && !e.metaKey) || !e.ctrlKey)
+            return;
+
+            switch (e.keyCode) {
+                case 67:
+                    onCopy(e);
+                    break;
+                case 86:
+                    onPaste(e);
+                    break;
+                case 88:
+                    onCut(e);
+                    break;
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
     if (useragent.isOldIE) {
+        event.addListener(text, "propertychange", function(e){
+            if (text.value != "" && text.value != PLACEHOLDER)
+                onInput(e);
+        });
+
         var keytable = { 13:1, 27:1 };
         event.addListener(text, "keyup", function (e) {
             if (inCompostion && (!text.value || keytable[e.keyCode]))
@@ -175,70 +292,6 @@ var TextInput = function(parentNode, host) {
             }
             inCompostion ? onCompositionUpdate() : onCompositionStart();
         });
-        
-        event.addListener(text, "propertychange", function() {
-            if (text.value != PLACEHOLDER)
-                setTimeout(sendText, 0);
-        });
-    }
-
-    event.addListener(text, "paste", function(e) {
-        // Mark that the next input text comes from past.
-        pasted = true;
-        // Some browsers support the event.clipboardData API. Use this to get
-        // the pasted content which increases speed if pasting a lot of lines.
-        if (e.clipboardData && e.clipboardData.getData) {
-            sendText(e.clipboardData.getData("text/plain"));
-            e.preventDefault();
-        } 
-        else {
-            // If a browser doesn't support any of the things above, use the regular
-            // method to detect the pasted input.
-            onPropertyChange();
-        }
-    });
-
-    if ("onbeforecopy" in text && typeof clipboardData !== "undefined") {
-        event.addListener(text, "beforecopy", function(e) {
-            if (tempStyle)
-                return; // without this text is copied when contextmenu is shown
-            var copyText = host.getCopyText();
-            if (copyText)
-                clipboardData.setData("Text", copyText);
-            else
-                e.preventDefault();
-        });
-        event.addListener(parentNode, "keydown", function(e) {
-            if (e.ctrlKey && e.keyCode == 88) {
-                var copyText = host.getCopyText();
-                if (copyText) {
-                    clipboardData.setData("Text", copyText);
-                    host.onCut();
-                }
-                event.preventDefault(e);
-            }
-        });
-        event.addListener(text, "cut", onCut); // for ie9 context menu
-    }
-    else if (useragent.isOpera && !("KeyboardEvent" in window)) {
-        event.addListener(parentNode, "keydown", function(e) {
-            if ((useragent.isMac && !e.metaKey) || !e.ctrlKey)
-                return;
-
-            if ((e.keyCode == 88 || e.keyCode == 67)) {
-                var copyText = host.getCopyText();
-                if (copyText) {
-                    text.value = copyText;
-                    text.select();
-                    if (e.keyCode == 88)
-                        host.onCut();
-                }
-            }
-        });
-    }
-    else {
-        event.addListener(text, "copy", onCopy);
-        event.addListener(text, "cut", onCut);
     }
 
     event.addListener(text, "compositionstart", onCompositionStart);
@@ -256,11 +309,10 @@ var TextInput = function(parentNode, host) {
 
     event.addListener(text, "focus", function() {
         host.onFocus();
-        reset();
+        resetSelection();
     });
 
     this.focus = function() {
-        reset();
         text.focus();
     };
 
@@ -286,10 +338,7 @@ var TextInput = function(parentNode, host) {
             (useragent.isIE ? "background:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03); opacity:0.1;" : "") + //"background:rgba(250, 0, 0, 0.3); opacity:1;" +
             "left:" + (e.clientX - 2) + "px; top:" + (e.clientY - 2) + "px;";
 
-        if (host.selection.isEmpty())
-            text.value = "";
-        else
-            reset(true);
+        resetSelection(host.selection.isEmpty());
 
         if (e.type != "mousedown")
             return;
@@ -311,7 +360,6 @@ var TextInput = function(parentNode, host) {
                 text.style.cssText = tempStyle;
                 tempStyle = '';
             }
-            sendText();
             if (host.renderer.$keepTextAreaAtCursor == null) {
                 host.renderer.$keepTextAreaAtCursor = true;
                 host.renderer.$moveTextAreaToCursor();
@@ -324,7 +372,7 @@ var TextInput = function(parentNode, host) {
     if (!useragent.isGecko)
         event.addListener(text, "contextmenu", function(e) {
             host.textInput.onContextMenu(e);
-            onContextMenuClose()
+            onContextMenuClose();
         });
 };